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Anderson, Robert S., fl. 1864 :Plan of ground surrounding Orakau Pa. Plan of pa [ms map...
Date: 1864
By: Anderson, Robert Shortried, 1833-1874; New Zealand. Parliamentary Library
Reference: MapColl-832.14hkm/1864/Acc.36888
Description: Hand drawn map, dated 8th. July 1864, of Orakau Pa detailing the position of British troops in the battle and the line of retreat from the pa. Names of regiments and commanding officers are given at various locations approaching the pa, some having the date of 2d. April. An area labelled 'Headquarters, 2 guns' is marked and the military term 'Picquet' locates three places on the map. Includes a plantation, reserve, Ti Tree and Raupo swamps and contour lines. A reference key indicates parapets, banquettes, ditches and whares [sic]. Three plans, inset and with a different scale to the area map, are of the pa with its approach and two cross sectional views, labelled A-B and C-D. Other Titles - Orakau Pa Other Titles - Plan of pa Centre of map: File 11469 is written in faint pencil Top right: PUNIU 1637c/1 is written in watercolour paint Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, 68 x 47 cm.